This fall we had a short weekend free and were itching for a quick, easy overnight backpacking trip.  We also really wanted to camp by an alpine lake.  So I was curious . . . what is the closest alpine lake to Boise?  A search of Google Earth turned up a nice looking lake only 35 miles (straight-line, not driving) from town.  And even better?  I could find next to nothing about the lake on the internet.